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act from the floor, leader reid has given the united states senate an opportunity to get this policy right. the senate now has the opportunity to consult all of the stakeholders, including the millions of internet users who were heard last week. the senate has the opportunity to ensure that those exercising their first amendment rights through the internet, those offering innovative products and services, and those looking for new mediums for sharing and expression have their voices heard. i also want to express my appreciation to senator moran. he is an impassioned advocate for job creation and innovation on the net. the first on the other side of the aisle to join me in this cause. my colleague, senator cantwell, from washington state, who is knowledgasknowledgeable as anybn public service about technology, and senator rand paul, who is a champion of the internet as a place where those who look at the net as a marketplace of ideas can stand together and approach policy in an innovative way. mr. president, last week tens of millions of americans empowered by the internet effected po
act from the floor, leader reid has given the united states senate an opportunity to get this policy right. the senate now has the opportunity to consult all of the stakeholders, including the millions of internet users who were heard last week. the senate has the opportunity to ensure that those exercising their first amendment rights through the internet, those offering innovative products and services, and those looking for new mediums for sharing and expression have their voices heard. i...
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reid: mr. president, i move to calendar number 446, s. 3369. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 369, a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971, to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, super pacs and other entities, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the next hour will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first half and republicans controlling the final half. last evening, i filed cloture on the landrieu substitute amendment and to s. 2237, the small business jobs and tax relief act. under the rule, cloture votes would be on friday. i'm going to work with the republican leader. we have already -- we already have a general agreement that we'll try to schedule votes sometime today. mr. president, this week republicans continued to make the case that millionaires and billionaires can't afford to pay even a penny m
reid: mr. president, i move to calendar number 446, s. 3369. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to s. 369, a bill to amend the federal election campaign act of 1971, to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, super pacs and other entities, and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the next hour will be equally divided between the two leaders or their...
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reid: mr. president, i couldn't hear the number. what was it? the presiding officer: the yeas are 84 and the nays are 8. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. order in the chamber, please. mr. reid: on behalf of senator murray i call substitute amendment 2789 to the attention of the chair. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: calendar number 476, a bill to require the secretary of veterans' affairs various to establish a veterans job corps and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid for mrs. murray proposes amendment number 2489. mr. reid: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: i have now, mr. president, a first-degree perfecting amendment at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: t
reid: mr. president, i couldn't hear the number. what was it? the presiding officer: the yeas are 84 and the nays are 8. mr. reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. order in the chamber, please. mr. reid: on behalf of senator murray i call substitute amendment 2789 to the attention of the chair. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the bill. the clerk: calendar number 476, a bill to require the secretary of veterans' affairs various to establish a veterans job...
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before the senate adjourned yesterday, majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell debated the fiscal cliff and talked about negotiations surrounding the tax hikes and automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect in a few days. this is about 5 minutes -- 15 minutes. >> madam president, you'll excuse me if i'm a little frustrated at the situation we find ourselves in, but last night president obama called myself and the speaker and maybe others from hawaii and asked if there was something we could do to avoid the fiscal cliff. i say i'm a little frustrated, because we've been asking the president and the democrats to work with us on a bipartisan agreement for months, literallye for months. a plan that would simplify theod tax code, shrink the deficit, protect the taxpayers and grow the economy. but democrats consistently rejected those offers. the president chose instead to spend his time on the campaign trail. reelected. and congressional democrats sat on theirel hands. now republicans have bent over backwards. we stepped way, way out of our comfort zone. we wan
before the senate adjourned yesterday, majority leader harry reid and minority leader mitch mcconnell debated the fiscal cliff and talked about negotiations surrounding the tax hikes and automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect in a few days. this is about 5 minutes -- 15 minutes. >> madam president, you'll excuse me if i'm a little frustrated at the situation we find ourselves in, but last night president obama called myself and the speaker and maybe others from hawaii and asked...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection, the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that at 4:00 p.m. today, the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to s. 4312 be withdrawn, the senate adopt a motion to proceed to s. 3412, a bill extending the 2001, 2003, and 2009 tax cuts for 98% of americans and 90% of all small businesses. that the only amendment in order to the bill be a bill offered to the institute by senators mcconnell and hatch, which is identical to s. 3413, that the amendment not be divisible, that the time until 4:00 p.m. be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. prior to vote on the mcconnell-hatch amendment, that upon disposition of the mcconnell-hatch amendment, the senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill as amended, if amended. that there be no motion or poi
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. the presiding officer: without objection, the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: i now ask unanimous consent that at 4:00 p.m. today, the cloture motion with respect to the motion to proceed to s. 4312 be withdrawn, the senate adopt a motion to proceed to s. 3412, a bill extending the 2001, 2003, and 2009 tax cuts for 98% of americans and...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask consent that all remaining time postcloture be yielded back and the senate adopt the motion to proceed to s. 2237. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report the measure. the clerk: calendar number 34 1, a bill to provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for an additional year and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, on behalf of senator landrieu, i have a substitute amendment at the desk i wish to have reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from nevada, mr. reid, for mrs. landrieu proposes an amendment numbered 2521. mr. reid: on that, mr. president, i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. reid: mr. president, i now have a first-degree perfecting amendment which is also
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask consent that all remaining time postcloture be yielded back and the senate adopt the motion to proceed to s. 2237. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. the clerk will report the measure. the clerk: calendar number 34 1, a bill to provide a temporary income tax credit for increased payroll and extend bonus depreciation for an additional year and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr....
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reid: i move to. the clerk: s. 1940, a bill to amend the national flood insurance act of 1948 to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund and for other purposes. mr. reid: madam president, on the farm bill i've managed a few bills during my time here, quite a few bills. and it's always so gratifying after the work that goes into the work that you've done on a committee or subcommittee to have that matter come to the floor and it's a terrible disappointment to not be able to move forward as you anticipated. so i say that for senators stabenow and roberts. no one has worked harder than they have bringing the bill to the floor. it's bipartisan, it's important not for the state of michigan, the state of kansas, it's important for the country. and i wish we could proceed in another way to have amendments heard and voted on, but we, even though this is somewhat awkward, we're going to move forward with this bill. we're going to bring up some amendments, they're big amendments, they're cruc
reid: i move to. the clerk: s. 1940, a bill to amend the national flood insurance act of 1948 to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund and for other purposes. mr. reid: madam president, on the farm bill i've managed a few bills during my time here, quite a few bills. and it's always so gratifying after the work that goes into the work that you've done on a committee or subcommittee to have that matter come to the floor and it's a terrible disappointment to not be able to...
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reid: sorry for interrupt, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today i, the senate recess until tuesday, april 24, at 10:00 a.m. that following the prayer and the pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. that the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925 and that at 10:30 a.m., the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. j. res. 36. and at 12:30 p.m., the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925. further, that the senate recess from 12:50 until 2:15 p.m. to allow for weekly caucus meetings. finally, at 2:15 p.m., the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. j. res. 36. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: mr. president, the first vote will be at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow on the motion to proceed to s.j. res. 256. after that there will be several votes to complete action on the postal reform bil
reid: sorry for interrupt, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today i, the senate recess until tuesday, april 24, at 10:00 a.m. that following the prayer and the pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. that the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925 and that at 10:30 a.m., the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s....
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reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent to waive the mandatory quorum required under rule 22 for both cloture motions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i want to express my appreciation for the good work done on this most important bill that just passed the senate, the ex-im bank. it was reported out of the banking committee, and senator johnson did a great job with his committee. in addition to that, the work of senator cantwell was exemplary. she is a terrific legislator. she gets her teeth in something, she won't let it go. and she would not let us take our eye off the prize, that is passing this important legislation. i have such admiration for her legislative skills and basically her legislative skills and want it spread across the record my admiration, and congratulate her on this legislation which meant so much to her and the entire country. mr. pre
reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent to waive the mandatory quorum required under rule 22 for both cloture motions. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i want to express my appreciation for the good work done on this most important bill that just passed the senate, the ex-im bank. it was reported out of the banking committee, and senator johnson did a...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: we appreciate senator burr allowing and arranging for this good man to offer the prayer this morning. we appreciate that very much. following leader remarks, mr. president, the senate will be in morning business until 11:00 this morning. the majority will control the first 30 minutes, the republicans will control the second 30 minutes. following that morning business, we will begin consideration of the i.p.o. bill, h.r. 3606. at 2:00 there will be a roll call vote on groh and then followed by one on fitzgerald, the trial judges in our federal court system. additional votes are possible today. i'm told, mr. president, that s. 2191 is due for its second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 2191, a bill to amend the americans are disabilities act of 1990, to prohibit the attorney general from administering or enforcing certain accessibilit
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. reid: we appreciate senator burr allowing and arranging for this good man to offer the prayer this morning. we appreciate that very much. following leader remarks, mr. president, the senate will be in morning business until 11:00 this morning. the majority will control the first 30 minutes, the republicans will control the second 30 minutes. following that morning business, we will begin consideration of the...
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i couldn't agree more with senator reid. the fact is that the house of representatives, the so-called other body of congress, has passed a cybersecurity bill, a package, that i think takes some significant initial good steps. and i thank the house for that. but i believe that the bipartisan senate cybersecurity act of 2012, s. 2105, which is sponsored by senators collins, feinstein, rockefeller, and me, takes the additional necessary steps and, therefore, to secure our cyber systems -- and therefore is preferl. and it is preferrable in large part because it addresses the need to secure our nation's critical cyber infrastructure. that is the computers that control the systems that if command deared, attacked or intruded upon could allow an tacker to open and close key valves and switches in pipelines for gas and oil, and refineries, factory, water you and sewer systems and electric plants and banks and along transportation nodes without detection by their operators. mr. president, we need to pass this bill or something very m
i couldn't agree more with senator reid. the fact is that the house of representatives, the so-called other body of congress, has passed a cybersecurity bill, a package, that i think takes some significant initial good steps. and i thank the house for that. but i believe that the bipartisan senate cybersecurity act of 2012, s. 2105, which is sponsored by senators collins, feinstein, rockefeller, and me, takes the additional necessary steps and, therefore, to secure our cyber systems -- and...
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reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times, passed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table on the two bills be laid upon the table enblock, with no intervening action or debate, any related statements to these matters be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if given. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to calendar number 534. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar numbered 534, h.r. 2467, an act to take certain federal lands in monroe county, california, to the trust for the benefit of the bridge port indian colony. the presiding officer: is there okay? without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask the bill be read a third time, passed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid on the table, that there be no intervening action or debate, that any statements relating to this be placed in the record at the appropriate place
reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times, passed en bloc, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table on the two bills be laid upon the table enblock, with no intervening action or debate, any related statements to these matters be placed in the record at the appropriate place as if given. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to calendar number 534. the presiding officer: the clerk will...
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reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 426. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 426 426 -- 426, congratulating the lady bears of baylor university and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that the resolution an an agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, the senate adjourn until thursday, april 19, at 9:30 a.m. that following the prayer and pledge, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be deemed expired, and the two for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. that the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1925 tomorrow, that is the violence against women authorization act. and that following remarks of the two leerkdz the next hour -- leaders, the ne
reid: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. res. 426. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 426 426 -- 426, congratulating the lady bears of baylor university and so forth. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the measure? without objection. mr. reid: i ask consent that the resolution an an agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr....
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reid: would the chair announce the business of the gay. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the time until 10:30 a.m. will be equally divided and controlled by between the two leaders or their designees. mr. reid: the time equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: yes, we are. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, it's been a week now since the republican leadership in the senate and the house set several good-faith bipartisan proposals to the white house in an effort to resolve the student loan issue. and what has the white house done? absolutely nothing. the president has not yet responded. one can only surmise that he is delaying a solution so that he
reid: would the chair announce the business of the gay. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the time until 10:30 a.m. will be equally divided and controlled by between the two leaders or their designees. mr. reid: the time equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: the presiding officer: the republican leader is recognized. mr. mcconnell: are we in a...
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reid: i'd be happy to yield. mr. durbin: do i remember that the very first amendment on the transportation bill was offered by senator blunt of missouri on family planning? is there a family planning amendment available on every bill now that will be offered by the republican side? i know the house republicans have had 33 votes to repeal obamacare. are we going to try to match them with similar efforts in the senate? mr. reid: my response to my friend is this. i try to be very calm about things in life generally, especially things here on the floor. but i can't remain very calm about this. mr. president, i have 16 grandchildren. they are evenly divided between boys and girls. i want my granddaughters to be treated so that if they want to go get some contra -- have some contraceptive device in school, new york university, berkeley -- i'm bragging about that they got in those schools -- they should have the ability to do that. i think as i -- i just can't imagine what we're talking about here on the senate floor. cyber
reid: i'd be happy to yield. mr. durbin: do i remember that the very first amendment on the transportation bill was offered by senator blunt of missouri on family planning? is there a family planning amendment available on every bill now that will be offered by the republican side? i know the house republicans have had 33 votes to repeal obamacare. are we going to try to match them with similar efforts in the senate? mr. reid: my response to my friend is this. i try to be very calm about things...
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reid: here we go again. mr. mcconnell: i heard my good friend the majority leader say this is about the deficit. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this is not about the deficit or the debt. this is about the campaign. we all know there's a campaign going on, but why don't we do serious legislating here? no budget, no appropriation bills, no d.o.d. authorization bills. when are we going to actually pass things in the senate? this is a uniquely bad idea for the economy. the good news, i can say to to the american people, it isn't going to happen. today. it ought not to happen any time. this is part of the fiscal cliff that we're facing at the end of the year. the chairman of the fed is concerned about it, the congressional budget office, which republicans certainly don't run, is concerned about it. we've heard talk on the other side we should have thelma and louise economics. just d
reid: here we go again. mr. mcconnell: i heard my good friend the majority leader say this is about the deficit. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this would produce about enough revenue to operate the government for about a week. this is not about the deficit or the debt. this is about the campaign. we all know there's a campaign going on, but why don't we do serious legislating here? no budget, no appropriation bills, no d.o.d. authorization...
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reid: i would be happy to. mrs. boxer: i agree with my friend's comments about senator stabenow and senator roberts. i consider both of them my friends and they are terrific legislators. i do want to go back to the vote that just occurred. i wanted to vote that we had present in the chamber some of the house members, women of the house. i think they have gone by now. and it's to underscore the importance of this vote and what it means. so my question goes to this -- is my colleague aware that -- that women in their lifetime are so shortchanged that the average woman in the course of her career, by the end of her career, has made 400,000 less than her male counterpart? is my friend aware of that? mr. reid: yes, in the state of nevada -- i'm sure it may be more than that in california. in the state of nevada, women earned more than -- they earned less than $400,000 a year. a man in his lifetime makes x number of dollars. a nevada woman makes $400,000 less than that. mrs. boxer: it's important for people to understand
reid: i would be happy to. mrs. boxer: i agree with my friend's comments about senator stabenow and senator roberts. i consider both of them my friends and they are terrific legislators. i do want to go back to the vote that just occurred. i wanted to vote that we had present in the chamber some of the house members, women of the house. i think they have gone by now. and it's to underscore the importance of this vote and what it means. so my question goes to this -- is my colleague aware that...
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reid: mr. president, this month i joined more than 52 million latinos in nevada and across the country to celebrate hispanic heritage month. each year hispanic heritage month is an opportunity to honor the contributions of the population that is so important to our national identity, a community that has contributed to our country's progress for centuries. we see those contributions in every i facet of the our society -- on the battlefield and in the boardroom, in the courtroom and the classroom, at the art gallery and in the recording studio, and on the playing field. in nevada, hispanic influence is evident. the name of our state, snow-capped las vegas. today more than a quarter of nevada's population is hispanic. nationwide, latinos are expected to make up 60% of the population in the coming decades. to ensure our country thrives, we need to make sure its hispanic population thrives as well. those why president obama and democrats in congress have fought for the policies that are making hisp
reid: mr. president, this month i joined more than 52 million latinos in nevada and across the country to celebrate hispanic heritage month. each year hispanic heritage month is an opportunity to honor the contributions of the population that is so important to our national identity, a community that has contributed to our country's progress for centuries. we see those contributions in every i facet of the our society -- on the battlefield and in the boardroom, in the courtroom and the...
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reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: discussions continue on processing the business we need to address before we leave. as i've said repeatedly, we need to do just a couple of things before we break for the elections. we need to pass a c.r. we need to vote on proceeding to the sportsman's package. to help move the c.r., we have been told that the republicans now have decided they are willing to vote sometime on the paul bill, on foreign aid and also the iran containment resolution. as i said yesterday, we're willing to do that. in the worst case, under the rules, a cloture vote on the c.r. would occur tomorrow night at 1:00 a.m. on saturday. once we invoke cloture on the continuing resolution, the 30 hours postcloture would run out at about 7:30 or 8:00 in the morning sunday, and we would vote then to pass the c.r. which would be immediately followed by a vote on the sportsman's package. i am happy to continue these discussions. we are working to see if we can schedule these votes to occur at a time that is more c
reid: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: discussions continue on processing the business we need to address before we leave. as i've said repeatedly, we need to do just a couple of things before we break for the elections. we need to pass a c.r. we need to vote on proceeding to the sportsman's package. to help move the c.r., we have been told that the republicans now have decided they are willing to vote sometime on the paul bill, on foreign aid and also the...
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reid: i have been in contact with senator mcconnell. we have made good progress here. the goal tonight is to get down to ten votes. so once we're at ten votes, we're going to stop for the night. we should be able to do that within the next hour or hour and a half, give or take a few minutes. so i think the goal is reachable. we'll come in tomorrow. we have some important votes tomorrow. don't forget, we have flood insurance. i hope that we can move up the vote on cloture on flood insurance tomorrow. if not, we're going to have to vote on it friday. but we have done that in the past. we should be able to do that. people have schedules on friday. so the goal is ten votes left by the time we leave here this evening. the presiding officer: is there further debate on the vitter amendment? is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. ms. stabenow: mr. president, if i might, i'm not sure if we have any opposition. i just rise in strong support of this amendment. we know that there are members that wanted the opportunity to vote, record a no vote, but i hope that overwhe
reid: i have been in contact with senator mcconnell. we have made good progress here. the goal tonight is to get down to ten votes. so once we're at ten votes, we're going to stop for the night. we should be able to do that within the next hour or hour and a half, give or take a few minutes. so i think the goal is reachable. we'll come in tomorrow. we have some important votes tomorrow. don't forget, we have flood insurance. i hope that we can move up the vote on cloture on flood insurance...
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reid: how many amendments pending? the presiding officer: there's a substitute amendment and four first-degree amendments pending. mr. reid: you're filing a first-degree amendment? mr. coburn: i am. mr. reid: one more couldn't do much damage. mr. coburn: i have five i was going to place pending and i'll be happy to work with the managers. mr. reid: i say to my friend again through you, mr. president, i'm happy to do one, but i'm not going -- the managers i haven't talked to them in the last couple hours. i'm not agreed to five amendments. i have no idea what's in them. if you want to lay down one of the amendments tonight that's fine but until we have managers on the floor, i'm not going to agree to that. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: i ask unanimous consent the pending amendment be set aside and that amendment number 3371 be called up. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: the senator from oklahoma mr. coburn for hi
reid: how many amendments pending? the presiding officer: there's a substitute amendment and four first-degree amendments pending. mr. reid: you're filing a first-degree amendment? mr. coburn: i am. mr. reid: one more couldn't do much damage. mr. coburn: i have five i was going to place pending and i'll be happy to work with the managers. mr. reid: i say to my friend again through you, mr. president, i'm happy to do one, but i'm not going -- the managers i haven't talked to them in the last...
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reid: i yield back all time and ask that the votes start now. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 61, the nays are 34. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is made and laid upon the table. the president will be immediately notified of the senate's action, and the senate will resume legislative session. the majority leader. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the cloture motion to immediate to calendar number 400 -- that was a few hours earlier today. madam president, i now ask unanimous consent that the foarns relations committee be discharged from further consideration of h.r. 1905, the iran threat reduction act, and the senate proceed to its consideration. that the johnson-shelby substitute amen
reid: i yield back all time and ask that the votes start now. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators wishing to vote or to change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 61, the nays are 34. the nomination is confirmed. under the previous order, the motion...
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reid: mr. president, we continue to work through amendments to the d.o.d. we're not going to be on this bill forever. if people want to offer amendments, they should come and do it. we hope to finish the work on this bill this week. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that we add adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate will stand adjourned senate will stand adjourned pay every public school system and save billions of dollars per year just gone it and with the same or better outcomes. canada's prime minister says he thinks reasonable people in washington will find solutions to the so-called fiscal clip. prime minister steven "harper's" comments came in in the form of business leaders and candidates. [applause] much [speaking in native tongue]us. >> thank you very much. it's an honor to have you again. us me explain for all of here how this is going to work. we have been here since 10:00 this morning have had a packed . this might be the highlight. here is what we will do -- i have a few questions i wo
reid: mr. president, we continue to work through amendments to the d.o.d. we're not going to be on this bill forever. if people want to offer amendments, they should come and do it. we hope to finish the work on this bill this week. if there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that we add adjourn under the previous order. the presiding officer: the senate will stand adjourned senate will stand adjourned pay every public school system and save billions of dollars per year...
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they were looking for something new, and nobody really knows what the donners themselves or the reids who were part of the donner party, why they migrated, but they did, and they were taken in. they got about halfway across the plains, and i think across, almost across the rockies by the writings of a man called hastings. i'm trying to say leonard hastings. forgive me for forgetting that name. but whatever it was, he was one of these guys -- he thought he was another sam houston. he was going to attract all these people out to california where he would be either the king or the president or whatever. and he wrote a pamphlet and in a book form explaining that there was something called a hastings cutoff right before the great sierra mountains, and they could save, these immigrants could save 500 miles with their wagon trains. what was not said was that hastings had never taken this hastings cutoff at that point. and when people finally did, they discovered, yeah, you can do that if you're riding on a horse, but you can't do it very well when, with these huge wagons. and the donners aga
they were looking for something new, and nobody really knows what the donners themselves or the reids who were part of the donner party, why they migrated, but they did, and they were taken in. they got about halfway across the plains, and i think across, almost across the rockies by the writings of a man called hastings. i'm trying to say leonard hastings. forgive me for forgetting that name. but whatever it was, he was one of these guys -- he thought he was another sam houston. he was going...
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senate majority leader harry reid said this morning that there is a better than 50% chance congress can pass highway and transit programs before the fourth of july break. he indicated the flood insurance extension may run into trouble over amendments. >> [background sounds] >> present arms. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] >> ladies and gentlemen, -- for the president's lb gt pride month video message followed by secretary panetta's pride month message. >> i've often said the true genius of america is that america can change. we can pass laws to right wrongs. we can soften hardened attitudes. our union can be made more perfect. but here's the thing. change never happens on its own. change happens because ordinary people, countless, unsung heroes of our american story, stand up and demand it. the story of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender americans is no different. as we celebrate lgbt pride month, we remember the activists and advocates who refuse to be treated like second class citizens. april like harvey milk who marched and protested, and believed in a better future. we a
senate majority leader harry reid said this morning that there is a better than 50% chance congress can pass highway and transit programs before the fourth of july break. he indicated the flood insurance extension may run into trouble over amendments. >> [background sounds] >> present arms. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [background sounds] >> ladies and gentlemen, -- for the president's lb gt pride month video message followed by secretary panetta's pride month message. >> i've...
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i woke up a week or so later ane walter reid army medicantl cente my life forever changed. my world went black, not only c. physically, being blind for the rest of my life.nly the shrapnel had cut my left eye and half, entered the frontal lobe and the left side of my brain and battle went into the t right i peered going to make cornea, back to my bed not in taking out my optic nerves. thrg i saw nothing but black mass. i was told by the but ophthalmologist that she wouldsy never be with us yet again. so my life went physically black bl type day, but also a spiritually black. i no longer believed in god.y everything i'd done, everything i believed in now no longer meant anything to me.noonger or remember what are my best friends, edward coming into thee room. before my surgery said scotty, why don't you say a prayer? i said no. i don't know how to pray. i don't know god. i think the room went dead silent. like if there were cockroaches in the room, you would have heard them.s my wife went back to her room,d. realizing i'd been married to ak austin man and i still am. awes, a
i woke up a week or so later ane walter reid army medicantl cente my life forever changed. my world went black, not only c. physically, being blind for the rest of my life.nly the shrapnel had cut my left eye and half, entered the frontal lobe and the left side of my brain and battle went into the t right i peered going to make cornea, back to my bed not in taking out my optic nerves. thrg i saw nothing but black mass. i was told by the but ophthalmologist that she wouldsy never be with us yet...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 442. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 442, s. 3364, a bill to provide an incentive for businesses to brings jobs back to america. mr. reid: mr. president, the first hour today will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders, it will be divided equally, the republicans control the first half, the majority the final half. at 2:15 there will be a cloture vote on the bring jobs home that i referred to. i'm fairly confident s. 3401 is at the desk for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for a second time. the clerk: a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to temporarily extend tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003 and so forth. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to any further proceedings with regard to this bill. the presiding officer: objection
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i move to proceed to calendar number 442. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 442, s. 3364, a bill to provide an incentive for businesses to brings jobs back to america. mr. reid: mr. president, the first hour today will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders, it will be divided equally, the republicans control the first half, the majority the...
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reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 365, s. 2343, the stop the student loan interest rate hike act of 2012, signed by 18 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, reed of rhode island, whitehouse, merkley, schumer, hagan, shaheen, casey, conrad, brown of ohio, kerry, feinstein, landrieu, boxer, murray, sanders, mikulski and durbin. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived, debate on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to s. 2343 occur at noon on tuesday, may 8. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the senator from massachusetts. mr. kerry: mr. president. mr. president, there are a number of us who want to speak. the senator from montana, my senio
reid: i have a cloture motion at the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar number 365, s. 2343, the stop the student loan interest rate hike act of 2012, signed by 18 senators as follows -- reid of nevada, reed of rhode island, whitehouse,...
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reid supporting house, brown's hotel, for the gentleman from tennessee. i don't know what happened to the gentleman from missouri, he must be living under a bridge. this is exactly the sort of ephemeral material that i really like. it was designed to be used and thrown away at the time. nobody thought about saving it. now it is here. in scenic wichita, kansas. [laughter] this is an album. a photograph album. in this case, it is a latin term. in this case, it is civil war related. this was presented to frank wayne, who was a lieutenant of the fifth iowa calvary. he was in command of company, well, i don't remember what company offhand. what is nice about it is that yes, it has all the generals and officers. you always find those in these things. this was down to a troop level, and it also includes the troopers and the private. the surgeons. always in uniform. you can see their sabers bare. in many cases, many photographs were printed on the back. many of them are signed by the person depicted in the picture. the binding on this is typically decrepit, but i
reid supporting house, brown's hotel, for the gentleman from tennessee. i don't know what happened to the gentleman from missouri, he must be living under a bridge. this is exactly the sort of ephemeral material that i really like. it was designed to be used and thrown away at the time. nobody thought about saving it. now it is here. in scenic wichita, kansas. [laughter] this is an album. a photograph album. in this case, it is a latin term. in this case, it is civil war related. this was...
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is the white man's decking under their seats for cover on the panthers coming out and chairman bobby reid about the constitutional right to bear arms and we have to defend ourselves because the police are not defending our communities. and the reporter says the ultra- militant at panther party. he says stop their cars and he found more guns and communist literature. he said they're so crazy. he said they've got guns. i'm joining not one. because you're a kid. you want to be with the roughest and toughest. there was then a panther river he was yet there was two of my older friends had found the secret headquarters of the black panther party and anyone who knows, knows that her offices and community centers for anything a secret, but we had found the secret headquarters and it was like a two-hour subway right to get here. as we were writing, not having any real information, the guys are trying to seek each other out, namely me because they thought if i jumped off the train they had to go get me. so when failings over to me and he goes, you know this is serious, right? in other panthers is l
is the white man's decking under their seats for cover on the panthers coming out and chairman bobby reid about the constitutional right to bear arms and we have to defend ourselves because the police are not defending our communities. and the reporter says the ultra- militant at panther party. he says stop their cars and he found more guns and communist literature. he said they're so crazy. he said they've got guns. i'm joining not one. because you're a kid. you want to be with the roughest...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes -- mr. reid: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: could we have order. the presiding officer: order in the chamber. order in the chamber, please. take your discussions outside. mr. reid: mr. president, it's 4:15. we have a matter that i will -- i believe will be decided by voice? just a few minimum -- voice in just a few minutes. this will be the last vote until tuesday, when we finish this bill. i really appreciate everyone's cooperation. i've talked to -- before about how fortunate we are to have the two managers that we have on this bill, senators boxer and inhofe. they've done a remarkably good job. we have a locked-in set of amendments now. there's no reason to work into the night. we should -- we've had a good week. we'll have a good week next we week. and i wish everyone a good break. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes -- mr. reid: mr. president? mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: could we have order. the presiding officer: order in the chamber. order in the chamber, please. take your discussions outside. mr. reid: mr. president, it's 4:15. we have a matter that i will -- i believe will be decided by voice? just a few minimum -- voice in just a few minutes. this will be the last...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: every morning i go out to take my -- do my exercise. this morning i started out the door and a crash of thunder and lightning, so i decided to do my exercise inside. when i got into the gym, i could watch tv and i could see these storms in another part of the country, really violent storms. and when i got back to my house, my wife indicated senator schumer called. he was stuck on a tarmac in new york. so i knew at the time that we were going to have some problems here with scheduling. so, mr. president, following leader remarks this morning, we're going to be in a period of morning business for an hour. republicans will control the first half. the majority will control the final half. following that morning business, the senate will begin consideration of h.r. 3606, the capital formation bill. the filing deadline for all second-degree amendments to the reid substitute is, and the cantwell amendment is 11:00 today. the re
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: every morning i go out to take my -- do my exercise. this morning i started out the door and a crash of thunder and lightning, so i decided to do my exercise inside. when i got into the gym, i could watch tv and i could see these storms in another part of the country, really violent storms. and when i got back to my house, my wife indicated senator schumer called. he was stuck on a tarmac in new york. so i knew at the...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i first of all welcome everyone back. after the long break that we had. i hope it was restful and productive for everyone. we have, a every four, as happer years, we have a presidential election year, and as a result of that, things should be more tense than usual but i certainly hope not. mr. president, there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bill for a second time. the clerk: h.r. 440, an act to provide for the establishment of the special envoy to promote religious freedom of religious minorities in the near east and south central asia. h.r. 3012, an act to amend the immigration and nationality act to eliminate the per-country numerical limitation and so forth and for other purposes. mr. reid: mr. president, i'd object to further proceedings in regard to these two bills. the presiding officer: the objection is heard. mr. reid: mr. president
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: i first of all welcome everyone back. after the long break that we had. i hope it was restful and productive for everyone. we have, a every four, as happer years, we have a presidential election year, and as a result of that, things should be more tense than usual but i certainly hope not. mr. president, there are two bills at the desk due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the...
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harry reid said he expects to complete work on the bill by the end of the week. on c-span3 the house armed services committee holding a hearing looking at recent development in afghanistan, testifies include general john allen and james miller junior, the acting defense undersecretary and principal undersecretary for policy. live coverage of that begins at 10 a.m. eastern again on c-span3. >> the u.s. house this week is expected to vote on a bill that would repeal a section of the health care law that creates a 15 person board charged with recommending i've hundred billion dollars in spending cuts to medicare. yesterday house republican freshmen at a press conference to voice their support for repeal of the independent payment advisory board. this is about 30 minutes. >> thank you all so much for joining us here today. we wanted to talk a little bit about medicare and the independent payment advisory board. want to start by pointing out -- first i have a quote of president obama. quote, if you look at the numbers, medicare in particular will run out of money, and
harry reid said he expects to complete work on the bill by the end of the week. on c-span3 the house armed services committee holding a hearing looking at recent development in afghanistan, testifies include general john allen and james miller junior, the acting defense undersecretary and principal undersecretary for policy. live coverage of that begins at 10 a.m. eastern again on c-span3. >> the u.s. house this week is expected to vote on a bill that would repeal a section of the health...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. today. following that morning business, the senate will begin consideration of the conference report on the f.a.a. reauthorization act. at 5:30 there will be a roll call vote on adoption of that conference report. mr. president, s. 2064 is at the desk and due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the second time. the clerk: s. 2064, a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to terminate certain energy tax subsidies and lower the corporate income tax rate. mr. reid: mr. president, i would object to further proceedings with this bill. at this time. the presiding officer: the objection having been heard, the matter will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, today i'm pleased that the senate will pass the aviation jobs conference report. this measure is the fi
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 3:00 p.m. today. following that morning business, the senate will begin consideration of the conference report on the f.a.a. reauthorization act. at 5:30 there will be a roll call vote on adoption of that conference report. mr. president, s. 2064 is at the desk and due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the...
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reid: i will talk about a number of things now. first, i want to mention my friend, the republican leader, talked about the fact that the president has done nothing to create jobs. mr. president, we've all heard that long-standing joke. in fact it wasn't a joke. i represented a young man who murdered his parents. and the joke during that period of time was, i guess now your defense is going to be he's going to claim he is an orphan? nothing novel or new or unique in the experience i had representing that young man who killed his parents. but the republican leader's remarks reminds me of that. he is saying that the problem with this country is obama. that's -- that's like the fact that someone kills their parents and then claims they're an or feafnlt the republican-- or orphan. republicans have blocked bill after bill after bill. these job-creating bills have been introduced. simply, mr. president, every one of these with rare exception has been stopped on a procedural basis by the republicans. then the republican leader cites nonre
reid: i will talk about a number of things now. first, i want to mention my friend, the republican leader, talked about the fact that the president has done nothing to create jobs. mr. president, we've all heard that long-standing joke. in fact it wasn't a joke. i represented a young man who murdered his parents. and the joke during that period of time was, i guess now your defense is going to be he's going to claim he is an orphan? nothing novel or new or unique in the experience i had...
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combined here we have senator reid 50% more than the others all combined. so here we are, we've come to the floor of the senate to respond to what we heard from the majority leader this morning about obstructionism and what we do see, it is just a page from the majority leader's playbook of the electoral strategy for 2012, from the leader of the majority, "forget passing bills: the democrats just want to play the blame game in 2012." and, mr. president, that's exactly what we saw today. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new hampshire. mrs. shaheen: thank you, mr. president. actually, mr. president, i'm not here to play the blame game. i am here to talk about a place where we in the senate have found real bipartisan consensus and it's an issue that is critical i think to us in the state of new hampshire and to all of the senators here. because in 23 days, our countr country's surface transportation programs are going to shut down unless congress can come to an agreement on critical
combined here we have senator reid 50% more than the others all combined. so here we are, we've come to the floor of the senate to respond to what we heard from the majority leader this morning about obstructionism and what we do see, it is just a page from the majority leader's playbook of the electoral strategy for 2012, from the leader of the majority, "forget passing bills: the democrats just want to play the blame game in 2012." and, mr. president, that's exactly what we saw...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the disabilities trite. the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at noon there will be a roll call vote on the resolution of advise and consent to the convention on rights of persons with disabilities. we don't do treaties often and there are requests from both --m senators on both sides of the aisle. i think the they're right, becae this is a treaty, the votes will take place from our desks today. everybody should be on notice. following the vote, mr. president, the senate will recess to allow for our weekly caucus meetings. additional votes in resolution to the national defense authorization act are expected during today's session. i'm told that h.r. 6429 is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 6429, an act
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks, the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the disabilities trite. the time until noon will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. at noon there will be a roll call vote on the resolution of advise and consent to the convention on rights of persons with disabilities. we don't do treaties often and there are requests from both --m senators on...
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reid: after our election i welcome everyone back of. for some it was a nice break, for others it was a lot of hard work. we welcome everyone back. and look forward to aa very productive next six weeks. mr. president, the senate is considering the motion to proceed to s. 3525, the sportsman action post-church. at 5:30 there will be a motion to proceed to this legislation on on behalf of senator leahy scoins that michelle lac co, a fellow on the senate judiciary committee are granted privileges of the floor. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: for the last year the country has been focused on the difference between republicans and democrats. for the last two years, this congress hasn't accomplished nearly enough. but as we close the 112th congress, it's time to focus on our shared goals and our common purpose. we all agree, i hope, that today now great challenges face our country and this congress. those challenges are large, too large to be solved by democrats lien, they're too large to be undertaken by republ
reid: after our election i welcome everyone back of. for some it was a nice break, for others it was a lot of hard work. we welcome everyone back. and look forward to aa very productive next six weeks. mr. president, the senate is considering the motion to proceed to s. 3525, the sportsman action post-church. at 5:30 there will be a motion to proceed to this legislation on on behalf of senator leahy scoins that michelle lac co, a fellow on the senate judiciary committee are granted privileges...
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reid: mr. president, we're close to a way to move forward on the f.d.a. bill. i do say this, however. we have -- on this side, we've cleared everything. so the disputes now are with the republicans on a republican amendment. we -- we are willing to do whatever's necessary on that amendment. so i hope we can get this worked out. it would sure be to the -- as we've heard all of the speeches about this important bill, it really is important. as i indicated today talking about some of the shortages we've had in nevada where people die as a result of not having the medicine. and we're -- we're nearing a time where we can't prolong this anymore. this legislation is necessary because the bill -- i'm sorry, the information that we have in this bill, everything we need expires at the end of this month ms. klobuchar: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i rise today to talk about the importance of passing the food and drug administration safety a
reid: mr. president, we're close to a way to move forward on the f.d.a. bill. i do say this, however. we have -- on this side, we've cleared everything. so the disputes now are with the republicans on a republican amendment. we -- we are willing to do whatever's necessary on that amendment. so i hope we can get this worked out. it would sure be to the -- as we've heard all of the speeches about this important bill, it really is important. as i indicated today talking about some of the shortages...
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place, approximately 50 somalia nationals, walked into the place one at a time by the same translater, reid coach, instructed them to vote outside the polling place for rizzo. all witnesses saw this for an extended period of time. at the end of the day, rizzo won by one vote. that election caused great consternation in the missouri legislature, and i can go into the legal wrangling about that, but bottom line is those people were registered illegally, non-citizens, and they threw that election. i'm not saying that the legislator himself, rizzo, organized it, but somebody did. there's similar examples in kansas on ballot issues in cons. there was a hog issue in cams to have a referendum to allow the operation in. the county clerk testified before the legislature those who were non-citizens according to her belief were allow -- were busted and registered to vote. now, does it cause a great burden? no. there's 12 documents that the kansas law allowed you to use to prove citizenship when you register to vote. the other interesting thing, you may know this, people may not, but after the real id
place, approximately 50 somalia nationals, walked into the place one at a time by the same translater, reid coach, instructed them to vote outside the polling place for rizzo. all witnesses saw this for an extended period of time. at the end of the day, rizzo won by one vote. that election caused great consternation in the missouri legislature, and i can go into the legal wrangling about that, but bottom line is those people were registered illegally, non-citizens, and they threw that election....
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reid: mr. president, i -- mr. reid:: i ask unanimous consent that we be in a period of morning business until 5:00 p.m. today. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: mr. president, of course, senators -- i'm sorry. i should have done that myself. senators be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i express my appreciation to my friend, the senator from oregon. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: thank you, madam president. we have had many folks coming to the floor to discuss the terrible consequences of natural disasters, and it's not long ago that i was on this floor before hurricane sandy calling for urgent, immediate action, but the challenge is that these emergency programs designed to respond to the ranchers and farmers who have lost so much land, so much forage in oregon is that those measures are in the farm bill. now, never before has the farm bill been unfinished, unaddressed while cong
reid: mr. president, i -- mr. reid:: i ask unanimous consent that we be in a period of morning business until 5:00 p.m. today. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: mr. president, of course, senators -- i'm sorry. i should have done that myself. senators be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. reid: i express my appreciation to my friend, the senator from oregon. the presiding officer: the senator from...
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reid: mr. president, we have one more vote this evening, and the republican leader and i have worked out something tentatively and i think we'll be able to put it in writing in just a few minutes where we'll have two votes tomorrow at noon on the two fed nominees. and then we -- as i think most people know, i moved last night to the f.d.a. bill. excuse me. i hope that we can -- don't have to file cloture on that, that we can just move to it and start the amendment process. that's what the people want, that's what we want, that's what we're willing to do, and i hope we can do that. it's a wide-ranging bill, extremely important for the country. relevant amendments. there is lots you can do there. so i would hope that we can do that. have an agreement to that effect. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will now be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a motion to proceed to senate concurrent resolution 44 introduced by the senator from utah, mr. lee. mr. lee: mr. presid
reid: mr. president, we have one more vote this evening, and the republican leader and i have worked out something tentatively and i think we'll be able to put it in writing in just a few minutes where we'll have two votes tomorrow at noon on the two fed nominees. and then we -- as i think most people know, i moved last night to the f.d.a. bill. excuse me. i hope that we can -- don't have to file cloture on that, that we can just move to it and start the amendment process. that's what the...
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reid: madam president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business for an hour. the majority will control the first half. the republicans the final half. following morning business senate will resume consideration of the capital tporpgs bill. at -- capital formation bill. at approximately 1:40 this morning there will be a cloture vote on the i.p.o. bill. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business for one hour with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each with the time equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the majority controlling the first half and the republicans controlling the final half. mr. durbin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: i ask consent to be recognized to speak in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin:
reid: madam president? the presiding officer: majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business for an hour. the majority will control the first half. the republicans the final half. following morning business senate will resume consideration of the capital tporpgs bill. at -- capital formation bill. at approximately 1:40 this morning there will be a cloture vote on the i.p.o. bill. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the...
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i know that people talk about mitch mcconnell and harry reid. they always are out there fighting with each other, but senator mcconnell and i have a very warm personal relationship. we are friends and we do things for each other, as much as we can which is more often than people think. and i've had so many people come to me and say you know, the send is dysfunctional, it's just not working, it's the worst it's ever been, and if i have time, i tell them the following comment the senate is the way it is not because of mcconnell and read, it's because of the founding fathers. that's the way they set up this country. you know, the great compromise in july of 1787 came about because the founding fathers had tried the articles of confederation. there were a flop, they didn't work. they were trying to work through a new constitution. they couldn't get it done. one of the delegates from connecticut came to philadelphia and he said i have an idea. it was a revolutionary idea for some revolutionaries. he said, here's how we should handle the problems of r
i know that people talk about mitch mcconnell and harry reid. they always are out there fighting with each other, but senator mcconnell and i have a very warm personal relationship. we are friends and we do things for each other, as much as we can which is more often than people think. and i've had so many people come to me and say you know, the send is dysfunctional, it's just not working, it's the worst it's ever been, and if i have time, i tell them the following comment the senate is the...
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reid's boarding house, mrs. cummings' boarding house or brown's hotel for the gentleman from tennessee. apparently, he couldn't get boarding house. i don't know what happened to the gentleman from missouri, he's not living -- he's living under a bridge. this is exactly the sort of ephemeral material that i really like. it was designed to be used, to be thrown away at the time, nobody thought about saving it, and now it's here. in scenic wichita, kansas. [laughter] this is an album, a photograph album. in this case it is of cdvs, what are called cdvs. you're going to have to bear with me, it stands for -- [speaking in native tongue] in this case they are all civil war-related. this album was assembled or presented to lieutenant frank wing of the fifth iowa cavalry. he was in command of company -- well, i don't remember what company offhand. but what's nice about it is that, yes, it has all the generals and officers which is, you always find in these things. but because this was down to a troop level, it also incl
reid's boarding house, mrs. cummings' boarding house or brown's hotel for the gentleman from tennessee. apparently, he couldn't get boarding house. i don't know what happened to the gentleman from missouri, he's not living -- he's living under a bridge. this is exactly the sort of ephemeral material that i really like. it was designed to be used, to be thrown away at the time, nobody thought about saving it, and now it's here. in scenic wichita, kansas. [laughter] this is an album, a photograph...
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reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 this afternoon. senators during that period of time will be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. following morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the stock act. at 5:30 there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture to proceed to the stock afnlg act. americans believe congress is broken. it is no mystery why. political division s in this chamber are so great. they often prevent the senate from performing even its most fundamental duties. the divisions are so great, they prevented this body from confirming presidential nominee, which is a constitutional obligation that we have. these days it's no longer enough to be a qualified nominee. it is no longer good enough to have bipartisan support. in the case of judicial nominees, it is no longer enough to be reported unanimously out of the committee. last year my republican colleagues blocked or delayed sco
reid: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: following leader remarks the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 this afternoon. senators during that period of time will be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes each. following morning business, the senate will resume consideration of the stock act. at 5:30 there will be a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture to proceed to the stock afnlg act. americans believe congress is broken. it is...
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the majority leader, senator reid, should be saying no, that's a manipulation, the budget chairman, senator conrad, ought to say no, it violates the budget act. this isn't the way to do it. senator burr's alternative piece of legislation that would do much the same thing is an honest piece of legislation. it does not violate the budget act and it is not subject to a budget point of order. and this legislation could have been crafted that way, too. but being as, i guess, greedy as we are, rather than having to face up to a little bit of a difficulty of finding a few hundred million dollars, a couple of hundred million dollars out of 3,700,000,000,000 we'll spend next year, rather than trying to find 200 million out of 307 billion that we will spend, we would rather manipulate it this way. i've got to say, what did we mean in august a year ago when we said we were weather bug go cut spending by $2.1 trillion over ten years? was that just a joke? is this the kind of thing we're going to do every time a bill comes along and it's got some appeal to it and we'd like to support it? are we not will
the majority leader, senator reid, should be saying no, that's a manipulation, the budget chairman, senator conrad, ought to say no, it violates the budget act. this isn't the way to do it. senator burr's alternative piece of legislation that would do much the same thing is an honest piece of legislation. it does not violate the budget act and it is not subject to a budget point of order. and this legislation could have been crafted that way, too. but being as, i guess, greedy as we are, rather...
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reid: all for my friend from louisiana. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar numbered 470, s. 3414, a bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on the motion to proceed to s. 3414, a bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states, shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. thelerk will call the roll. vote: vote: vote: vote: the presiding officer: is there anyone in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? hearing none, on this vote the ye
reid: all for my friend from louisiana. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the motion to proceed to calendar numbered 470, s. 3414, a bill to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the united states, signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer:...
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the idea being that if reid and pelosi and obama went to one side of the lake in each had a bucket and tipped it into the lake and they took their three buckets of water around to the other side of the lake and in front of the "msnbc" camera sports a three buckets back into the lake, they will have stimulated the lake to great depths. this is the theory they were our parting on. not only is there the same effect, the same amount of water in the lake, minus whatever chicago takes home with them, but at the same time what incentives does this give to the person who worked on saturday, whose dollar you took for this experiment? do they keep working? do they hide their resources, and what incentive does a get to the person who because they were politically connected or did what the government wanted instead of working, they got the dollar because. it give that incentive to the people who receive the cash and disincentives to work saving investment, to the people who are earning for dollars in the first place. it shouldn't surprise us that this didn't help the recovery, didn't create jobs,
the idea being that if reid and pelosi and obama went to one side of the lake in each had a bucket and tipped it into the lake and they took their three buckets of water around to the other side of the lake and in front of the "msnbc" camera sports a three buckets back into the lake, they will have stimulated the lake to great depths. this is the theory they were our parting on. not only is there the same effect, the same amount of water in the lake, minus whatever chicago takes home...